Royal Naval Museum

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on the National Museum of the Royal Navy in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.

Mark Francois: The National Museum for the Royal Navy draws together the Royal Naval Museum, the Fleet Air Arm Museum, and the Royal Navy Submarine Museum into a single entity that, alongside HMS Victory, improves awareness of our naval heritage.
	The funding provided through grants in aid to the National Museum of the Royal Navy in financial years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 is shown in the following table:
	
		
			 Financial year £ 
			 2010- 11 2,797,046 
			 2011-12 4,107,846 
			 2012-13 13,323,146 
			 (1) Expenditure March 2012 to January 2013